Family sharing mistake

Question

Level 1

4 points

Family sharing mistake

My husband has loads of both itunes-purchased and uploaded music, videos, and the like on his iMac. He used to be the organizer of our family sharing (just the two of us). But I seem to remember changing the family sharing to me as organizer and him as "adult.". Now, we have a new AppleTV 4th gen and when trying to play music from his library, the apple tv will only connect to my library.

Is there anything I can do to "right" this wrong without either one of us losing access to the other's stuff?

Posted on Jul 4, 2020 10:24 AM

Reply

Answer 1

Urquhart1244

Level 10

146,770 points

Jul 5, 2020 10:59 AM in response to tbreit13

Sharing music in various ways has benefits and limitations in various ways.

Family Sharing for iTunes Store purchases requires the activation of the Purchase Sharing option.
An iTunes Match subscription doesn’t support Family Sharing.
An Apple Music subscription does support Family Sharing, while each account still has their own library.
Home Sharing requires connecting with the same Apple ID account for Home Sharing as the sharing Mac uses. The Home Sharing account is a separate account setting, unrelated to iTunes Store, App Store or iCloud.

Please be specific about what you are trying.

But I seem to remember (organizer) …

You should know who the organizer is. You can look it up, e.g. on your iPhone in Settings﹥[Your Account] Apple ID﹥Family Sharing. There is no changing of organizer method, other than disbanding the group and setting it up again differently.

Reply

Answer 2

QuickPost

Level 10

103,455 points

Jul 4, 2020 10:58 PM in response to tbreit13

Hello,

I am having a difficult time understanding your question. Could you please restate your question while providing as much detail as you can?

Writing an effective Apple Support Community post

Reply

Family sharing mistake

Similar questions